Two-wheeled vehicle



(No Model.)

D. M. SEGHLER.

TWO WHEELBD VEHICLE.

Patented Aug. 25

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`UNITED STATES PATENT OF TICE.

DANIEL M. SECHLER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,962, dated August25, 1885.'

Application filed July Q0, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, DANIEL M. SECHLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TwoVheeledVehicles, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

The iii-st part of my invention comprises a peculiar construction andarrangement of torsion-spring that prevents what is generally known asthe horse motion77 being transmitted from the shafts or thills to thebody of a vehicle, the details of said spring being hereinafter morefully described.

The second part of my invention consists in the provision of avertically-adjustable bumper or cushion which is capable of being eitherraised or lowered and secured at any desired position, so as to adaptthe shafts to horses of different heights, as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is aside elevation of a two-wheeledvehicle embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan of the under side ofthe saine, the riding-springs and axle being omitted. Fig. 3 is anenlarged transverse section through one of the thills and the arm thatcouples it to the torsion spring. Fig. et is atransverse section throughsaid arm. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of the vertically-adjustablebumper or cushion. Fig. 6 is a modification of the invention.

The vehicle-body A is supported in rear by the axle B and a pair ofordinary riding springs, of which one is seen at C, the front portion ofsaid body being carried upon a transverse bar or other suitable bearing,D, whose opposite ends are rigidly attached to the thills or shafts EE'. As this bar D serves as a fulerum or bearing for said thills, someprovision must be made to allow said bar to turn in either direction.Boxes F F are accordingly attached to the under side of the body, andpreferably to the sills c c of the saine, which boxes serve asjournal-bearings for this pivot-bar.

Depending from the shafts E E' at a point somewhat in the rear of bar Dare hangers G G', to which are coupled the outer ends of (No model.)

arms H H', the inner ends of the latter taking the shape of hubs I1, h',said hubs being pierced or bored longitudinally to receive thetorsionsprings I I'. Ihcse springs may be of any suitable size andlength; but in the drawings they are represented as square in transversesection, and the holes in the hubs 7L h are of a corresponding shape, inorderthat these inembers h It and I l' may move in unison. The front endof each spring is turned down, so as to afford spindles zi t', that playwithin suitable boXes, J J', projecting rigidly from the under side ofthe body rail, while the rear ends of said springs are rigidly securedin keepers K K', attached either to the sills c a or to the pit A' ofthe body.

Secured to the rear ends of shafts E E are yokes e e', adapted to playvertically as said shafts vibrate, such play being limited in eitherdirection by elastic cushions or bumpers L L', projecting from theopposite sides of the vehicle. The peculiar arrangement of these bumpersis more clearly seen in Fig. 5, reference to which illustration showsthat the cushion L is carried by a stud-shaft, M, whose inner end has asquare head, m, adapted to fit snugly within the socket a of a plate, N,said plate being secured to the body of the vehicle at any proper place.plate is slotted vertically at a', to allow the stud-shaft M to beshifted up or down, a nut, m', on the outer end of said shaft serving tohold the latter to any specific adjustment.

O and O' are washers or heads at the opposite ends of the cushion L.

P is the customary splinter-bar connecting the shafts E E'.

From the above description it is apparent that the draft of the horse istransferred to the body by means of the bar D, which bar serves also asa pivot or fulcrum for the shafts E E', and when said shafts vibrateevery motion of the same is transmitted to the springs I I' through themedium of the arms H H'. Consequently said springs have a tendency toturn 5 but, as their rear ends are confined rigidly within the keepers KK', such turning must be limited to their front portions; or, in otherwords, the springs have a twisting or torsional action that takes np thehorse motion, and thereby causes the vehicle to ride Furthermore, thisIOO free from any disagreeable Vibrations. AS the shafts turn on thepivot-bar D, the hangers G G would have a tendency to twist the outerends of the arms H H unless some provision were made to overcome such adifficulty; but bymaking said arms with heads H, capable of beingpivoted in the hangers, as seen in Fig. 4, and providing said heads withcrowning or convex sides, the outer ends of said arms cannot be twistedby any possible play of the shafts.

If it should be found that the springs I I are not sufficiently stiff,the hangers G G can be shifted rearwardly until the desired tension isobtained, while a too great rigidity can be overcome by advancing saidhangers toward the front ends of said springs, or the same results canbe effected by advancing or retracting the keepers K K.

The provision of the vertically-slotted plate N a n and stud shaft M m mpermits the cushion or bumper L to be shifted either up or down andretained in any position that will adapt the shafts E E to the size ofthe horse hitched to the vehicle, it being desirable that the yokes c eof said shafts should have practically the same play both above andbelow said cushions.

In the modification seen in Fig. 6 the tor- 3o sion-spring I is appliedto the under side of shaft E, and the arm H has its inner end coupled tothe body A. This illustration also shows that the keeper K is closed atone end to prevent the spring slipping out.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination, in a vehicle, of a pair ofshafts fulcrumed to the body, a pair of longitudinally disposed bars,and devices that connect said shafts to said bars, for the purpose ofeffecting a torsional or twisting motion of the latter, substantially asherein described.

2,. The combination, in a vehicle, of fulcrum D, shafts E Fl, boxes F F,hangers G G', arms H 7i H h,torsionsprings I t' I i', boxes J J, andkeepers K K, for the purpose described.

3. In combination with the vehicle-shaft E and yoke e, thevertically-adjustable studshaft M, carrying the cushion or bumper L, forthe purpose specified.

4. The combination, in a vehicle, of verticallyslotted socket-plate N nn', stud-shaft M m m, and cushion or bumper L, for the purposespeciiied. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.l,

DANIEL M. SECHLER.

Witnesses:

J Aims H. LAYMAN, S. S. CARPENTER.

